seyed mahdi hosseini; kourosh fathiVajargah; mahmoud haghani; mahboobeh arefi; Morteza Rezaeezadeh
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Introduction As technology has grown, so problems related to its use raised. Because the growth of technology has increased the availability and expansion of the use of technology in primary schools as well as the use of these technologies by students at home, so the need to support students to stay ...
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Introduction As technology has grown, so problems related to its use raised. Because the growth of technology has increased the availability and expansion of the use of technology in primary schools as well as the use of these technologies by students at home, so the need to support students to stay safe, accountable, participate and collaboration in cyberspace and the like is more than ever. Issues related to the expansion of the use of technology and cyberspace; necessitate the education of digital citizens by the educational system.Method The purpose of this study was to investigate the position of digital citizenship education in the official curricula of elementary school in Iran. This research was descriptive and included documentary analysis and content analysis by Shannon entropy method. Content Analysis Unit; It was texts, pictures and textbook activities. The statistical population of the study was 41 volumes of elementary school textbooks in the academic year 2019-2020, of which 24 volumes were selected by purposive sampling. To determine the validity of the instrument, content validity was used in the form of a survey of experts on the degree of coordination of the content of the measuring instrument and the purpose of the research. The reliability coefficient was obtained by Scott method 0.83. ResultsFindings showed that out of 2631 counting units counted; 98 cases were related to the eight components of digital citizenship education. In other words, about 4% of the content of the three sections of the content of the studied textbooks has paid attention to the desirable components of digital citizenship education.Findings from Shannon entropy analysis showed that the highest Ej and Wj among the components of digital citizenship education belong to the component of "digital literacy" with a total value of (0.3866) and the lowest Ej and Wj belong to the components of "digital Security", "digital Etiquette", "digital Rights and Responsibilities", "digital laws" and "digital commerce " all to the value of (0).DiscussionAccording to the findings, it can be concluded that the position of digital citizenship education in Iranian elementary school curricula has been largely neglected. Therefore, it is suggested that considering the necessity of educating digital citizens in the present age, elementary school curricula should be revised in terms of providing appropriate coverage on the components required for educating digital citizens.
Ayoub Garshasbi; Kourosh Fathi Vahjargah; Mahboubeh Arefi
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Introduction Considering that the Iranian society is a rainbow of different cultures of different ethnic groups, the prerequisites and requirements of life in this country should be considered based on the principles of multicultural life. Accordingly, it is necessary for the country's curricula to play ...
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Introduction Considering that the Iranian society is a rainbow of different cultures of different ethnic groups, the prerequisites and requirements of life in this country should be considered based on the principles of multicultural life. Accordingly, it is necessary for the country's curricula to play the role of multicultural education and disseminate it in different ways. Therefore, examining the status of ethnicity in one of its most special areas, namely curricula, is an urgent and vital need and should be considered in curriculum studies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of ethnicity in formal curricula of Humanities discipline in the new secondary education system. Method The research method used in this study was documentary analysis and Shannon's entropy content analysis. The content analysis unit consisted of text, images, and textbook activities. The statistical population included 51 books in the field of humanities in the second secondary school. The research sampling method was purposeful sampling and the research sample included 6 volumes of history and sociology books of the second secondary school. Results The findings of the present study showed that out of 2467 recorded units, only 122 units were in the case of the 22 desirable components of ethnicity. In other words, only 4% of the content of the books have paid attention to the desirable components of ethnicity. In addition, the findings of Shannon's entropy analysis showed that the highest amount of information load and the significance coefficient among the desirable components of ethnicity related to the component of "addressing the concept of peace and friendship between different ethnic groups" with the value (0.1280) and the lowest of information load and significance coefficient to the components of "Iintroducing different ethnic groups", "creating mutual understanding between different ethnic groups", "The role of all cultures in the formation of Iranian civilization", " Introducing different religions and sects of Iranian ethnic groups", "Awareness to prevent prejudice against different ethnic groups "," Introduction of language and ethnic dialect of different ethnic groups "," Awareness of the geography of life of different ethnic groups "," Helping to tolerate dissenting opinions ", and finally Reflecting the language, literature and music of different ethnic groups . Discussion Research findings showed that ethnicity in formal curriculum of Humanities discipline in the New Secondary School System remained largely neglected. Various causes have been effective in this situation. Factors such as the ignorance of policy makers about how to design and develop appropriate curricula with multicultural components; confrontation and resistance of educators And learners in learning different cultures, the inflexibility of the centralized educational system, the trustworthy and taboo view of ethnicity, the belief in the distorting role of ethnicity in national unity. Therefore, given the multiplicity of Iranian society, it is suggested that the official curriculum of Humanities discipline in the New Secondary School System be thoroughly revised to cover the components necessary for multicultural education and Iranian ethnic diversity.
Curriculum Development
najmeh soltani nejad; mahboobeh arefi; Nematollah Moosapour; kourosh fathivajargah
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The aim of this study was to explore the teaching approach of an elementary school teacher focusing on the role of educational theories. Narrative inquiry was selected as the research methodology. As narrative inquiry focuses on the life of one or a few individual, this research focused on a single elementary ...
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The aim of this study was to explore the teaching approach of an elementary school teacher focusing on the role of educational theories. Narrative inquiry was selected as the research methodology. As narrative inquiry focuses on the life of one or a few individual, this research focused on a single elementary school teacher as participant. In order to analyze the data obtained from narrative and semi-structured interviews, narrative analysis and analysis of narratives were used. In order to ascertain the validity of the research findings, member-check and triangulation methods were used. Straus and Corbin paradigmatic model was used as a technique for analysis of narratives. Findings revealed that the core category determining this teacher’s teaching approach was her beliefs formed under the influence of background experiences and teacher education courses. In the final analysis the strategy of the teacher involves selecting academic theories providing a background for this teacher to according to practical wisdom in the classroom. So the findings indicate that although different factors other than educational theories affect teacher’s approach, theories play a critical influence on teacher’s activity. So, the rigorous design of teacher education curriculum can help teachers perform informed action in classroom.
